While a heavy-on-the-dessert lunch might be your typical baby shower meal, we're loving the creative shower Costa Mesa, CA-based wedding planner Jesi Haack recently threw for a friend, who's expecting a little boy. Inspired by phrase "Hello, Kiddo," the morning affair featured a heavy dose of sunny yellow fabrics, golden flowers, and of course, orange juice, along with an omelet bar, kid-inspired Read more

If I had my druthers, I'd have fresh flowers in every room of my home year-round. But a standard bouquet of roses simply isn't my taste. When it comes to bouquets, I prefer flowers that embrace the other — grasses, succulents, tillandsia, even carnivorous plants, are all favorites in my bouquets. Thankfully, San Francisco's own Flora Grubb is the go-to resource for beautiful, Read more

Happy birthday to Kate Moss! The supermodel turns 38 today, and has already started the celebrating at home in London. She and husband Jamie Hince treated themselves to a sushi lunch this afternoon, and she's been receiving a steady stream of flowers at their house. The past 12 months have been particularly full of highlights for the always-busy Kate. On July 1 of 2011, she married Jamie Hince Read more

When it comes to Fall-themed weddings, we often see plenty of sunflowers, dahlias, mums, and other florals of the yellow, orange, or brown variety. And while these Fall favorites are perfect for that special day, why not amp up the unique factor a bit more with unexpected accents? Award-winning event designer Catherine Chu, of Southern California-based Three Petals, offered insight on beautiful Read more

I recently ran across these gorgeous paper flowers from stylist Zoe Bradley. Zoe's paper creations have been seen everywhere, from the McQueen runway to the windows of Louis Vuitton and Donna Karan. While many of us will always prefer fresh flowers to paper ones, carefully crafted and displayed paper blooms, such as Zoe's, can make a huge visual impact. Imagine displaying them at a New Year's Eve Read more

As the floral stylist for Breaking Dawn, Tammy Polatsek had her hands full. She told me that simply getting the flowers to the location was a major challenge. "We had to import all of the flowers to Squamish, Canada, which was a great deal of work because they are so delicate and only last a short period of time," she explained. "This made designing the arrangements hard but rewarding." If anyone Read more

Their duties may not include much more than looking cute while walking down the aisle, but a royal bride still carefully considers who walks behind her. For the newly anointed Princess Charlene of Monaco, the honor was bestowed on seven young girls. They join a long line of attendants waiting on royal brides on their wedding day. Take a look back on what other flower girls have worn through the Read more

Fall and its unexpected floral offerings have come and gone, but don't think the frosty Winter weather leaves only a limited array of flowers for your holiday or wedding day arrangements. Winter includes some seriously innovative bridal-bouquet-worthy elements! From ruby red flowers to ornamental foliage to a delicate, albeit nonliving, wintry accent, click on to be inspired by these seasonally Read more

From April Fools' Day to Britney's comeback to Lady Gaga's birthday to more lead-up to the royal wedding, it's been a fun-filled week of springtime shenanigans. Click on to see some of the highlights and what's been going on in the world this past week. Read more

An Indian woman arranges brightly colored floral garlands made for wedding decor at a workshop with Gramshree, an organization that supports local artisans and their traditional crafts. By working with local women, Gramshree's mission is to help foster sustainable economic and social growth in India's rural, low-income, and slum areas. See more pictures of the Indian women working on quilts, Read more